Plate for mounting bell-pushes



(No Model.) I I y H J. 1:1-,WOLLE'NSK.l

PLATE POR MOUNTING BELL PUSHLS, y No.'510,663. Patented/Dec. 12, 1893.

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PLTE FOR MGUNTING BELL-PUSHES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters` Patent No. 510,663,1dated December 12, 1893.

Application tiled November 22, 1892. Serial No. 452,776. (No model.)

turbing the others; andnxy inventionA cony sists in the arrangements, features and com binations hereinafter described and claimed.

In the drawings, Figure 1 represents a plan vlew of one of my improved plates containing the bell pushes and a -mouth piece. Fig. 2 1s a plan View of the same, with' the additlon of the card holder; and Figs. 3 and'4. are perspective views of l two of the bell push plates, showing theirarrangement on the bot- In making. myimproved plate forbellpushes, &c., I use a base A, preferably made of wood, and of the desired length and size to adapt it for the place in which it is intended to be used. It has been customary heretofore to mount on such base a continuous plate of metal, of alength and size to carrythe deslred number of bell pushes, mouth pieces, or other articles, which in use range from one to upward of twenty. This necessitated the manufacturer carrying in stock a great many plates of different sizes, to enable him to fill the various orders as they came in.

Instead of making the plate on which they bell pushes and other articles are mounted of one piece, I make a series of plates, B and B', each adapted to receive and carry one bell push, mouth piece, or other article. The plate marked B is intended to be first applied to the base; andI will hereinafter, for convenlence, designate it as the initial plate. As shown in the drawings, it is held' to the base by two screws, while each of the other platesv l ient way for securing this overlapping, I prefer to provide each of the plates at one end with lugs or projections b,-and to make corresponding depressions or channels in the end of the next adjacent plate to receive and overlap the lugs. It is obvious, however, that the same end will be secured where the edge of one plate overlaps the edge' of the next one; and, for convenience, I shall hereinafter speak of the edge of one plate overlapping the edge of another, whether such edges be technically provided with lugs and depressions or not. After theinitial plate has been fastened to -the base by screws-and by screws I mean to include nails, brads, or similar fastening devicesthe next plate is putinto position with its edge slid under the edge of the initial plate, and its other end or edge screwed to the base. In this way, a series can be built up on a base of as many different plates as may be required to suit the particular house or place in which they areintended to be used. As one bell push, or other article becomes worn, broken, or otherwise out of Order, the particular plate containing it may be removed without removing or disturbing the other plates, so that it can be repaired or replaced, or another one inserted, without serious inconvenience or trouble.

Although I have described the invention as applied to a base, as of wood, I have done so as a matter of conveniencein description, and

jdo not intend to limit myselfv to the use of such base, as itis obvious that the platesriiay be applied directly to the wall of a room, the easement of a door, or to `other convenient support, and I desire the word base to be understood as sufficiently broad to include any support on which the plates may be arranged.

What I regard asV new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, isl 4l. In bell pushes, &c.,a plate provided with a bell push or other article adapted to be removably secured to a base, such plate being provided with a hole for the insertion Of a wood screw,.reoesses at one end, and projecting lugs at the opposite end so arranged that it may hold an adjacent plate by its recesses and its opposite end be held by an adjacent plate overlapping the projectinglugs, substantially as described.

2. In bell pushes, che., the combination of a ss j series of plates arranged on a base on each of which is mounted a bell push, month piece, or other article, each plate after the initial one being held by one screw and the overlapping edge of the nextadjacent'plate, substantially as described.

3. In bell pushes, cc., a series of plates al" ranged on abase, on each of which is mounted a bell push,1nouth piece, or other article, each plate being adapted to be secured to a base, and, excepting the end plates, being provided with recesses at one end and projecting,` lugs at the opposite end, so constructed and arranged that the recesses engage the projecting lugs of the adjacent plates and serve to hold the saine in position, and each plate being separately detachable Without disturbing the others, substantially as described.

JOHN F. VVOLLENSAK. NVitnesses:

F. D. EARLL, L. P. FARNHAM. 

